material culture Antiques, Art, Collectibles, Asian & Decorative Arts
Auction: Saturday, April 10, 2016, 10AM EST | Auction Exhibition: April 8-9, 11am-5pm
Special Note: Selling Many Items from the Legendary Philadelphia Boxing Venue, THE BLUE HORIZON! The Ring magazine voted it the number-one boxing venue in the world, and Sports Illustrated called it the last great boxing venue in the country. Gallery Talk: “Every Seat Was a Front Row Seat” Co-Owner Vernoca Michael, the “First Lady of Boxing”, Presents a Talk on the History of The Blue Horizon at 2pm on Saturday, April 9th (Free, Open to the Public)
4700 Wissahickon Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144 • tel. 215 438 4700 • www.materialculture.com
The Bob Brand and Liz Werthan Collection
Day 1, April 30, 10AM EST: Fine Art and Works on Paper | Day 2, May 1, 10AM EST: Antiquities, Folk and Ethno-graphic Arts
Auction Exhibition: April 23-29, 11am-5pm
Collector’s Gallery Talk: Bob Brand, Sunday, April 24, 2pm, “The Printing Press, the 15th Century’s Twitter, Instagram and Wikipedia”
Romare Bearden Frank Stella Jacob Lawrence Howard Norton Cook
Elizabeth Catlett
Emma Amos
Pedro Linares
The Legendary Blue Horizon Boxing Ring w. Original Skins
Large multi-estate collections of period
18th/19th c. furniture and accessories
Robert Richenburg (AMERICAN, 1917-2006)
Important estate collections Fine estate collections of antique Russian icons, silver, collectibles of Chinese and Asian arts
100+ no-reserve antique estate oriental rugs
Glen Ranney (American, 1896-1959)